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Do you love chocolate? Well, I do!

So, here are some fun facts about that sweet treat:

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• Who eats the most chocolate?

The biggest choco-faces come from Europe. (Yes, I'm a European, hehe.) I and my fellow Europeans eat almost half of the world's chocolate production. No wonder Europe has a weight problem.

As you might think, the biggest chocolate bar ever made so far weighed nearly 5800 kg. It was made in the UK by Thornton's to celebrate 100 years of making chocolate. Rock on Thornton's.

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• Cocoa Beans

Chocolate is made from cocoa beans that are the seeds of the cacao tree. Most of these trees are grown in West Africa.

The cacao tree is not hardy. One healthy tree can produce 2500 beans in a season but many are lost from the crop.

One pound of chocolate needs 400 beans so if you think it's pricey, that's why.

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• Health

You might enjoy a chocolate high... it does contain a stimulant called theobromine. Theobromine is quite strong. If you ate 22 lbs + pounds of chocolate in one go, it could be fatal as that amount of theobromine would cause dehydration and kidney damage.

SO BE CAREFUL! Everything in moderation as they say :)

I must finish here and pop to the corner shop for a chocolate fix, hehe.

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